Combined hot-water heater and kitchen-range.



Patented PM, 11915.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR114, 1914:.

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G. J. RYMAL. COMBINED H01 WATER HEATER AND KITCHEN RANGE.

I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1914. 1 1 Q 53 Patented'FehQ, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

, To all whom it may concern."

I GEORGE J. .RYMAL, or DENVER, 0010mm;

; COMBINED HO'f-WATEB rIEArER ANn KITGHENQM-NGE.

Application filed March 14,

Be it known that I, GEORGE J .RYM L, a

. citizen of the United States, residing. in the combustion enter this hot air-chamber and circulate around the same: before passing to the boiler portion.

city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful .Improvehients in Combined Hot- NVater Heater-sand Kitchen Ranges; andI I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of'the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

' My invention relates to improvements in combined hot Water heaters and kitchen ranges, my object being to provide aconstruction in which the waste heat from thehot water heater or boiler is utilized to heat the range element or member of the strucrange, communicate with a hot air jacket surrounding an oven which 1s located above:-'

and projectsforward over the lid portion of the range. Asthe flame and products of the smoke flue, thisoven may be utilized for baking and for all other purposes to which the ordinary "range ovenlis applicable, andthe heat which supplies it would otherwise be wasted through the smo .e flue, in the ab-v sence of the oven./It; is evident that in my improved construction, the heat from the -boiler portion ofthe apparatus performs a double function of heating the .waterhforfa hot water system and; supplying the kitchen 1 range. I .Y

It should be explained that my improvement is intended for. ,use in comparatively small. dwelling houses located either in. the city or country and it is capable of supplying. such houses with ayhot water system adapted for heating three or. four rooms, and

at the same timeyfurnish a kitchen range. j

In this manner,- there is acomparativel-y I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb,9, "1915.

1914. I SeriaI No. 824,672.

. large saving in fuel and the entire structure is. not unduly. large for placing in a kitchen of the usual size... n 1

'llaving briefly outlined my improved construction, I .will proceed to describe the same in detail, referencebemg made to the-aecom- 'panying-drawing, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In-this drawing, Figure 1 is a .front view of my improved hot-water heater and range. 1

vFig. 2 is a rear vieW- of-tliesame partlyin vertical section taken on theline 22', Fig.

3, looking toward the left. Fig. 3 is a central 'v'ertieal section'taken onthe line 3-43, Fig. 2, looking toward the right. Figs-is ,a horizontal section: taken through thefire box-of the structure on the'line &4, Fig. 3,

viewedin the direction of the arrow; The same' reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.-

I Let the numeral- 5] designate the boiler? portion ofthe 'structune-which consists of a yfire boX- 3, surrounded. by a jacket or hot water chamber 7, from whose upper portion leads a hot waterpipe 8'to a hot water radii may leadzfromtlie last radiator oft e sys ,ator 9. .It isevident that this pipe 8 maybe connected with the, desired 'number of hotwater radiators andzthat theretu-rnwipe 10 tern, the radiators being connectedinseries,

soto speak, with the "circulatory system.

The pipe 10 communicates as? shown at 12,

with the lower part of the hot water' 'cham'-= berfor jacket 7 .The "water,' when it returns to the lowerpart of the jacket is, of course, cooled and subsequently reheated in the P a jacket, and in this; way' the circulation is establishedxthe same as" in' ordinary hot water boilers employed for house. heating purposes, A

Within the central panel, the boiler is located a pipe coil 13, from the upper extremity of which leads a hot water pipe 15.

which communicates at 16- with the top of a boiler 17, from which leads a service pipe 18. From the bottom of the boiler 17 leads a. pipe-18, which communicates with arranged the fire box 6 in which is. also v the. lowermost convolution of the pipe coil within the fire box. By virtueofthis construction it Will be understood that my iminglthe, rooms ofthe house, but also furnishes the necessary hot water for the usual range boiler from which hot water is-taken "fol-kitchen and other uses. i

provem'ent not only supplies water for heat- -.;Arranged directly above the fire bo i 6 is the top '20 of the range feature of my inrproved construction, whilebelowthe fire box is an vash-pit 21 provided with a'front; door '22.- fllhelfire box has a bottom'grate23 to which is secured a bar 2ft adapted for use;

ity 'of a pipe 36, passing up through registerlng openings 29, 30 and 31-, formed in the 'rear partof the oven32, whose chambe'r-33 is'surrou'nded by a jacket 3%. The opening 29 is inthe'bottom .35 of this jacket while the openings'SO-and '31 are in the top and bottom portions of the oven 33proper.- The pipe or flue 3'6 is in alinement or registers at its upper extremity with a smoke flue 37 which enters the opening 38 in the top of the jacket-34. The upper extremity of the pipe 36 and the"lower-extremity, of the smoke fine are separated, as, shown at 39,

3o whereby the products of combustion are allowed to enter the jacket before passing into the flue; The other openings 28 in the i top-20 ofthe range. portion of the structure I are arranged on oppo'sitesides of the center 5 opening and each issurrounded by the lower "extremity of a short pipe or fine 40, which passe sth'rough an opening-i1 formed in the. bottom of the jacket and communicates with .the jacket below the bottom of the oven-33.

40 The p'roducts 'of combustion from the fire box passing through the'p ipes 40, thus enter the lower partof the jacket 34 and circulate v around the oven member before entering the smoke 'fiue. By virtue of this arrange- -ment the products of combustionare prac-' tically de'prived oftheir heat units "before entering the smoke fine with the result that there is comparatively little loss of heat.

Each of the pipes-36 and 40 is provided :with a damper or cut ch42. When itis desired to prevent thcdirect" exit of a portion of-the products of combustion, through thepipe 28 and into the smoke flue, the damper-of the pipe 36 may be closed (see 155T?" 1,2 and 3), thus compelling all of' vthe products of combustion to pass through the fines-4.0 into the hot air .jacket3-l,where;

by the heat from the the box is utilized a) the best possible advantage for heating the 69 oven. It is evident that by means of the dampers in the pipes 36 and 40, the supply of heat tothe'oven-muy be regulated at will.

Should it 'be desired to reduce the temperature" of the oven, the two dampers of the pipes 40 may be. closedand the damper 42 left open, thus compelling all of the products of combustion'to' pass through pipe 36, which is in direct alinement with the smoke fine,

as heretofore explained. The oven 32 has doors :43 of the usual or any ordinary con:

'struction, c1osing openings communicating withwthe chamber 33. a

From theiforegoing description, the use of my improvedconstruction will be readily understood and-need not be further explained' in detaiL- VI claimis surrounding the same, a radiator system in communication with the boiler, the firebox 4 Having-thus described my invention, what belng enlarged above the boiler, a range top I A located directly above and covering the en tire fire box, an oven located at said top and provided with a surrounding jacket, three .fiues leading from the fire box to said jacket, .onfe of said fines being centrally located and passing through the lower part of the oven jacket, the ovenproper and communicating with the upper part of the jacket, while the other flues are arranged on each side of the central-flue and communicate with the bottom portion of the oven jacket, and a smoke flue communicating with the j acket'directl y above the centralflue, leading from the fire bOX. Y v

2; The combinationlof a fire box, a'boiler, surrounding the same, a radiator system in communication with the boiler, the fire box being enlarged above the boiler, a range top located directly above'and covering the entire fire box, an oven located above said top and provided with .a surrounding jacket, three fines leading from the fire box to said jacket, one of said fines being centrally located and passing'through the lower part of the oven jacket, the oven proper and communicating with the upper part of the jacket, while the other lines are arranged on each side 'of the central flue and conunu-v nicate with the bottom portion ofthe ovenjacket, means located in thetwo sidelines whereby the products of eombustlon may be directed entirely through the central line,

anda smoke flue communicating with the jacket, directly above said central line, for the purpose set forth. I Y

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v

p I GEORGE J. RYMAL.

Witnesses: I i

- MAzn Kmnr,

A. Em-1R1 OBnmN. 

